Release/Drive: I cannot read this label...

[ChristopherCT]

To AThomas, Finn and Ironman-

What a great day with the Cub. First I found that my hydro, for some reason, has ONE manual valve, One automatic, and a release lever that is built to depress just the one manual valve. The manual valve was very frozen. So I pulled them both very carefully, using compressed air to ensure that no debris was going to fall down the holes. Note- I found no leaking fluid and that liquid in the pic is WD40. (see pic).

With some coaxing and steel wool and WD40 I was able to get the manual one moving freely. The outside looked bad, but the inside and the O-rings still looked great. Just for fun I made sure that the automatic one was working too. I reached in with a very small (and dulled) screwdriver and gently moved the inner workings up and down.

Then I coated the tops with a thin layer of lithium grease, and installed them as before. NOW IT ROLLS in "neutral" position! This is a good thing.

Then I moved on to tracing the electrical. I did not really want to dissassemble the dash panel, so with the gas tank off I was able to see a lot. And sure enough, the BATT terminal on the ignition switch had completely broken off. It must have been barely hanging on, and my compressed air gun ripped it off. So although I DO have a used ignition switch (and complete harness) at a friends house, I though I would try crafting a new terminal first. (see pic)

I cleaned the points, reassembled everything with dialectric grease, and she fired up so strong! I am still having some concerns about the original starter generator, but fingers crossed. Today I drove around for about twenty minutes after greasing all the points, and it was great. So I am hopeful. I thank you so much for your advice again.

[athomas]

Thanks for the update ,too many times we never hear how things turned out ! one manual and one auto valve ! who would have thunk it !!